Mother Quotes - page 98

My father ended up starting the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, which is on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. My mother started a school. (Greg Mortenson)
The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one. View quote
Jill Churchill
There's no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one. View quote
Jill Churchill
When I was a teenager, my father went bust. He could have declared himself bankrupt, but he was an honourable man and he insisted on paying back all his debts. That almost ruined the family. I was aware that my mother and father couldn't control things anymore. I guess I was afraid that we would end up on the street. View quote
Jo Nesbo
Early on in my life, I had a broken soul. I was abused by my father, abandoned by my mother and ended up in a destructive first marriage. By the time I was 23, I was broken in my soul. I didn't know how to think right. I felt wrong about everything. But God stepped into my life, and I came out on the other side and didn't even smell like smoke. View quote
Joyce Meyer
I think my mother is my biggest influence. There are so many things I hate about her but at the same time I'm thankful for her. All I know is that when I'm a parent I want to be just like my mom. I can talk to my mom more than any of my friends could talk to their parents. View quote
Nikki Reed
It's like kids playing house: 'You play the father, I'll play the mother.' You know, you dress up, you play, they pay, you go home. It's a game - acting's a game. View quote
Robert Duvall
If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with. View quote
Joanne Harris
From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice. View quote
Joanne Harris
Probably the first time I left Italy was to travel by train to Lourdes. I went with my mother and my grandmother - who was a very religious person - so it was a pilgrimage of sorts. I remember it as a very intense, but beautiful experience. View quote
Andrea Bocelli
I like to feel that what I'm doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, father and the kids. It's a subject that is near and dear to me. (Bil Keane)
I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going. View quote
Alan King
Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn't know fluffy. Everything sank. View quote
Alan King
My mother kept the house clean and we ate good. I didn't know we were poor until I started giving interviews. View quote
Alan King
Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did. View quote
Martin Andersen Nexø
Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still. View quote
Nancy Friday
There is a fire in the middle at the centre, which is the Vesta of the universe, the house of Jupiter, the mother of the Gods, and the basis coherence and measure of nature. View quote
Philolaus
I had a mother who taught me there is no such thing as failure. It is just a temporary postponement of success. View quote
Buddy Ebsen
When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that. View quote
Diane Arbus
Everyone has their dates. For me, it's 1991. I can place every memory of my life either before or after this date. It's the year I became an adult. My mother died, and I created my company shortly thereafter. I definitely would not have done it if she hadn't passed away. View quote
Christian Louboutin
I was born 20 years after my eldest sister. I was the pampered child. That kind of love gives you an almost unbreakable backbone. My mother had three kids before me. She let me be completely free. I just never had anything to beat myself up over. (Christian Louboutin)
Women, I think we can feel like we need to do it all and be it all. What's important is that we do the best we can, and just make time for yourself because when you do make time for yourself, you give back more as a mother; you give back more to your work. View quote
Miranda Kerr
My mother didn't want me to be in fashion. She was in the fashion business, so was my brother, and she thought it was too crazy for me. She wanted me to be married with children, to be independent, yes, but not to have a crazy life. View quote
Donatella Versace
When my mother did fittings for her clients, I was hiding, looking at these beautiful ladies try on these fantastic clothes. I was dreaming as a small child to try these clothes on myself. View quote
Donatella Versace
I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to get your degree. View quote
Donatella Versace